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Public Act 92-0832

HB4117 Enrolled                                LRB9214169NTpk

    AN ACT concerning schools.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Silent  Reflection  Act  is amended by
changing Section 0.01 and adding Section 5 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 20/0.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 770)
    Sec. 0.01.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

    (105 ILCS 20/5 new)
    Sec. 5.  Student prayer. In order that the right of every
student to the free exercise of religion is guaranteed within
the  public  schools and that each student has the freedom to
not be subject to pressure from the State either to engage in
or to refrain from religious  observation  on  public  school
grounds,  students  in  the  public  schools  may voluntarily
engage in individually initiated, non-disruptive prayer that,
consistent with the Free Exercise and  Establishment  Clauses
of  the  United  States  and  Illinois  Constitutions, is not
sponsored, promoted, or endorsed in any manner by the  school
or any school employee.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 29, 2002.
    Approved August 22, 2002.
    Effective January 01, 2003.

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